9 Commitment and Doubt
The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
—Rollo May
Paul Cézanne famously said he wanted to die painting, and he did. My commitment to photography is not quite so decisive. I can’t say that I want to die photographing, or even to die a photographer. Frankly, so long as my death is swift and painless, I don’t really care about its circumstances. My commitment to photography is not absolute; it is founded in a simple condition: so long as I find value and meaning in photography, I’ll keep doing it.
To the degree that I am, and have been, committed to photography, my commitment has not always been the ...
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